CSX To Build $50 Million Facility in McKees Rocks

CSX Corp. plans to build a $50 million truck-to-train freight transfer station in one of Pittsburgh's poorest suburbs.

Officials in McKees Rocks hope the mile-long facility, which stretches into neighboring Stowe Township along the Ohio River, will jumpstart plans for a business park next to it. McKees Rocks Mayor Jack Muhr says, "This is the kind of development project that can pave the way for more growth."

The 70-acre facility will be used to transfer cargo containers between trucks and rail cars. Construction on the former Pennsylvania & Lake Erie Railroad maintenance site is expected to begin in 2015 and take two years.